2 Samuel 17:25-27

Contemporary English Version

²⁵Absalom put Amasa in Joab's place as commander of the army. Amasa's father was Ithra^[a] from the family of Ishmael,^[b] and his mother was Abigal,^[c] the daughter of Nahash and the sister of Joab's mother Zeruiah. ²⁶The Israelites under Absalom's command set up camp in the region of Gilead.

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²⁷After David came to the town of Mahanaim, Shobi the son of Nahash came from Rabbah in Ammon,^[d] Machir the son of Ammiel came from Lo-Debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite came from Rogelim.

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Footnotes

17.25 Ithra: Or “Jether.”
17.25 the family of Ishmael: Some manuscripts of one ancient translation; other manuscripts of the same translation “the town of Jezreel”; Hebrew “the people of Israel.”
17.25 Amasa … Abigal: Abigal and Zeruiah (Joab's mother) were full sisters, and David was evidently their half-brother with the same mother, but a different father. This made Amasa one of David's nephews (see 1 Chronicles 2.12-17).
17.27 Shobi … Ammon: Shobi was probably the new king of the Ammonites that David had appointed after he captured Rabbah (see 2 Samuel 10.1-3; 12.26-31).